Headlines for June, 2009

Now that’s… Perfect

Perfection was achieved on a steamy and stormy Saturday night, and despite less than 4,000 diehard fans coming out to see the best team no one saw, the Chicago Slaughter defeated a game Fort Wayne Freedom 58-48. The Freedom managed to hold off the Slaughter in the first quarter and also managed to do something very few have done in the [read more...]

Season No One Saw About to End

Regardless of what happens on Saturday night, the Chicago Slaughter's 2009 season will end. It will either end with a historic victory over the Fort Wayne Freedom or one of the biggest chokejobs I'll have ever seen. With a questionable future of the AFL, this might be the last opportunity for these group of former Rush players to come together and [read more...]

Slaughter One Win Away from 14-0

In a season that no one seems to be watching and where a team has cruised through the CIFL competition, Chicago Slaughter quarterback Russ Michna seems to understand what it means to reach the 2009 CIFL championship game undefeated. “These are some of the of the most talented guys I’ve ever played with, it’s great to be around them,” Michna said, [read more...]

No Guarantee for Next Year

Yes, there will be a next year, but this year will be hard to forget. The Rush will be back next year, and one's still not enough. These are the words Adam Rosen and I used to describe the end of the Chicago Rush season. It was almost one year ago that the Grand Rapids Rampage stormed into the Allstate Arena and [read more...]

Rush Future Looks Bleak, Slaughter Immediate Future Looks Bright

Lacy Banks paints a depressing picture of the AFL in the Sun-Times today. There really isn't much to say at this point. The Arena Football League continues to invent ways of screwing up. First, there was hope for a season in 2010. Now Rush owner Alan Levin wants to open the doors back in 2011. Considering the theory of "out [read more...]

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